The Tantrum Survival CourseGet Through Christmas With This Free Course
Welcome to the Toddler Ideas Tantrum Survival Course. This is a completely free four-part-course to help you and your toddler get through the festive period with the minimum of stress and conflict. If you are a Toddleractive Tips subscriber, you'll get each part emailed to you everyday. Subscribe here ...or alternatively you can be updated every day if you follow me on Twitter.
Today we look at why we need a survival course for festive tantrums! Because, let's face it, Christmas can be a really difficult time for dealing with toddler meltdowns. |
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Christmas tantrums are all too common because...
- It’s an exciting time for your toddler, and this can make them unpredictable
- You are all more likely to be indoors together for extended periods of time, which reduces possibilities for your tot to expend energy. This in itself can lead to problems.
- You may be under extra pressure of one sort or another (wanting everything to be ‘just right’, hosting relatives, money worries etc) making it harder to stay calm with your child.
- You may be staying with relatives who have different ideas about parenting, or a different level of tolerance towards young children
- Many routines that support good behaviour go out of the window. It’s good to let routine go sometimes, for example if you don’t regularly give your child pudding - but of course things are different at this time of year.
- Many people are overtired anyway at Christmas. If it’s winter where you live you will almost certainly be expending more energy than is natural. Our cavepeople ancestors got up and went to bed with the sun.What all this means is that your toddler is more likely to have tantrums, and you are less likely to deal well with them.
It's Different At Christmas
Because at Christmas everything is a bit different, and you deserve to relax and enjoy yourself as much as possible, it’s important to have some extra tricks up your sleeve.This is what the Tantrum Survival Course is all about.
Write down 3 reasons that you and/or your toddler might get into conflict at this time of year. Being aware of these reasons may reduce the effect they have on you. |
In Part Two...
Part 2 looks at the first rule of dealing with tantrums – the one that is hardest to stick to at Christmas. It suggests some simple, practical ways you can succeed in sticking to it.
